Discovery BoxJohn 4:5 
Context4:5 Now he came to a Samaritan town 1 called Sychar, 2 near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 3
John 6:21
Context6:21 Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to the land where they had been heading.
John 21:8
Context21:8 Meanwhile the other disciples came with the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards. 4
1 tn Grk “town of Samaria.” The noun Σαμαρείας (Samareias) has been translated as an attributive genitive.
2 sn Sychar was somewhere in the vicinity of Shechem, possibly the village of Askar, 1.5 km northeast of Jacob’s well.
3 sn Perhaps referred to in Gen 48:22.
4 tn Or “about a hundred meters”; Grk “about two hundred cubits.” According to BDAG 812 s.v., a πῆχυς (phcu") was about 18 inches or .462 meters, so two hundred πηχῶν (phcwn) would be about 100 yards (92.4 meters).
